Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Applications, Grants, and Administration of Short Time Compensation Provisions, 75193 [2012-30491]

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• DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
• Office of the Secretary

[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 244 (Wednesday, December 19, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 75193]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-30491]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; Applications, Grants, and Administration of 
Short Time Compensation Provisions

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting the Employment and 
Training Administration (ETA) sponsored information collection request 
(ICR) titled, ``Applications, Grants, and Administration of Short Time 
Compensation Provisions,'' to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for review and approval for continued use in accordance with the 
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995.

DATES: Submit comments on or before January 18, 2013.

ADDRESSES: A copy of this ICR with applicable supporting documentation; 
including a description of the likely respondents, proposed frequency 
of response, and estimated total burden may be obtained from the 
RegInfo.gov Web site, https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, on the 
day following publication of this notice or by contacting Michel Smyth 
by telephone at 202-693-4129 (this is not a toll-free number) or 
sending an email to DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov.
    Submit comments about this request to the Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for DOL-ETA, Office of 
Management and Budget, Room 10235, 725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 
20503, Fax: 202-395-6881 (this is not a toll-free number), email: 
OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michel Smyth by telephone at 202-693-
4129 (this is not a toll-free number) or by email at DOL_PRA_PUBLIC@dol.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D).

    Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012, Subtitle D, 
Short-Time Compensation Program, also known as the Layoff Prevention 
Act of 2012, concerns States that currently participate in, or wish to 
initiate a new program in, a layoff aversion program known as short 
time compensation (STC) or worksharing. The law requires applications, 
new administrative processes, monitoring, and reporting of data between 
State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) and the ETA. The ETA has principal 
oversight responsibility for the Unemployment Insurance (UI) program 
that SWAs operate. The ETA has developed data collections for the 
proper oversight of State STC programs, because of the many changes to 
the funding and administration of the UI system introduced in the 
Layoff Prevention Act.
    This information collection is subject to the PRA. A Federal agency 
generally cannot conduct or sponsor a collection of information, and 
the public is generally not required to respond to an information 
collection, unless it is approved by the OMB under the PRA and displays 
a currently valid OMB Control Number. In addition, notwithstanding any 
other provisions of law, no person shall generally be subject to 
penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information if the 
collection of information does not display a valid Control Number. See 
5 CFR 1320.5(a) and 1320.6. The DOL obtains OMB approval for this 
information collection under Control Number 1205-0499. The current 
approval is scheduled to expire on December 31, 2012; however, it 
should be noted that existing information collection requirements 
submitted to the OMB receive a month-to-month extension while they 
undergo review. For additional information, see the related notice 
published in the Federal Register on August 13, 2012 (77 FR 48175).
    Interested parties are encouraged to send comments to the OMB, 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs at the address shown in 
the ADDRESSES section within 30 days of publication of this notice in 
the Federal Register. In order to help ensure appropriate 
consideration, comments should mention OMB Control Number 1205-0499. 
The OMB is particularly interested in comments that:
     Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
     Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the 
burden of the proposed collection of information, including the 
validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
     Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
     Minimize the burden of the collection of information on 
those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate 
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting 
electronic submission of responses.
    Agency: DOL-ETA.
    Title of Collection: Applications, Grants, and Administration of 
Short Time Compensation Provisions.
    OMB Control Number: 1205-0499.
    Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal Governments.
    Total Estimated Number of Respondents: 52.
    Total Estimated Number of Responses: 234.
    Total Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 9,675.
    Total Estimated Annual Other Costs Burden: $0.

    Dated: December 3, 2012.
Michel Smyth,
Departmental Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-30491 Filed 12-18-12; 8:45 am]
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